The People's Party ( my, ပြည်သူပြည်သားပါတီ) was a political party in
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
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History
The party was formed by a merger of the
Nationalist Party, the
Home Rule Party and the
Swaraj Party
The Swaraj Party, established as the ''Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party'', was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and ...
in 1926, with the three parties having won a combined 45 seats in the
1925 elections. However, by 1928 it had been reduced to 35 seats.
[John F Cady (1958) A history of modern Burma, Cornell University Press, p256] Campaigning under the sloga "Burma for the Burmans", it continued with the platform of the Nationalist Party and the
General Council of Burmese Associations
The General Council of Burmese Associations (GCBA), also known as the Great Burma Organisation ( my, မြန်မာအသင်းချုပ်ကြီး; ''Myanma Ahthinchokgyi''), was a political party in Burma.
History
The GCBA was for ...
.
[Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp145–146]
The
1928 elections saw the party win 40 seats, slightly down from the 45 won by the three parties in 1925. Although it was the largest party, and its ally the
National Parliamentary Organisation
The National Parliamentary Organisation ( my, အမျိုးသား ပါလီမန် ဖြစ်မြောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့) was a political party in Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. ...
(NPO) held another five seats, the
Independent Party was able to form a government with the assistance of the ethnic members and members appointed by the Governor.
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Following the elections, the NPO merged into the People's Party. However, in the build-up to the 1932 elections the party began to disintegrate over the issue of separation from India; members in favour (largely former Nationalist Party members) left to join the ]Separation League
The Separation League was a political alliance in Burma.
History
The alliance was formed to contest the 1932 general elections by parties that were in favour of Burma being separated from British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rā ...
whilst most of the others joined the Anti-Separation League
The Anti-Separation League was a political alliance in Burma.
History
The alliance was formed in July 1932 by parties that were not in favour of Burma being separated from British Raj in order to contest the 1932 general elections,Haruhiro Fukui ...
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References
{{Burmese political parties
Defunct political parties in Myanmar
Political parties established in 1926
1926 establishments in Burma